So Far, U.S. CTO Vivek Kundra Checks Out

Blogger, provocateur and PCMag.com columnist John Dvorak launched a special report on his own Web site, Dvorak.org, questioning whether U.S. chief information officer Vivek Kundra is a phony. Unfortunately, the only thing fishy so far is Dvorak's reporting.

Blogger, provocateur and PCMag.com columnist John Dvorak launched a special report Wednesday on his own Web site, Dvorak.org, questioning whether U.S. chief information officer Vivek Kundra is a phony. Unfortunately, the only thing fishy so far is Dvorak's reporting.

The smoking gun, according to Dvorak, was the "absence" of any IT degrees that Kundra had obtained from the University of Maryland, including the absence of proof that he taught any courses there. Unfortunately, neither is true: Dvorak asked the U. of M. College Park campus for its records, and turned up nothing; the University of Maryland University College, however, has confirmed to me that Kundra did in fact receive a Master of Science (MS) degree in information systems management in 2001, as the White House claims at the very end of his biographical information.

The University of Maryland (University College) also confirms that
Kundra taught IFSM 498F, "Information Technology Infrastructure of
E-Commerce," for UMUC as an adjunct faculty member in fall 2001,a
university spokesman said in an email.

The course description includes "an introduction to both the theory and practice of doing
business over the Internet and World Wide Web. Topics include the general
structure, protocols, utility programs, popular Internet applications, and Web
client and server architecture that support the Internet and electronic
commerce. The technologies of electronic commerce, including software, security
issues, and payment systems, are addressed. Project planning and management
issues are also explored."

Dvorak
twaddles on about how Kundra's undergraduate degrees have not come to
light as yet, and something about how one man can't run his own
company, Creostar.

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